WANTS Required immediately, for East Africa, a thoroughly competent Plane and Dirigible Driver, acquainted with Petrol Radium and Helium motors and generators. Low-level work only, but must understand heavy-weight digs. Man wanted—Dig driver for Southern Alps with Saharan summer trips. High levels, high speed, high wages. Family dirigible. A competent, steady man wanted for slow speed, low level Tangye dirigible. No night work, no sea trips. Must be member of the Church of England, and make himself useful in the garden. Commercial dig, central and Southern Europe. A smart, active man for a L.M.T. Dig. Night work only. Headquarters London and Cairo. A linguist preferred. For sale—A bargain—Single Plane, narrow-gauge vans, Pinke motor. Restayed this autumn. Hansen air-kit. 38 in. chest, 15½ collar. Can be seen by appointment. The Bee-Line Bookshop BELT'S WAY-BOOKS, giving town lights for all towns over 4,000 pop. as laid down by A.B.C. THE WORLD. Complete 2 vols. Thin Oxford, limp back. 12s. 6d. BELT'S COASTAL ITINERARY. Shore Lights of the World. 7s. 6d. THE TRANSATLANTIC AND MEDITERRANEAN TRAFFIC LINES. (By authority of the A.B.C.) Paper, 1s. 6d.; cloth, 2s. 6d. Ready Jan. 15. ARCTIC AEROPLANING. Siemens and Galt. Cloth, bds. 3s. 6d. LAVALLE'S HEART OF THE CYCLONE, with supplementary charts. 4s. 6d. RIMINGTON'S PITFALLS IN THE AIR, and Table of Comparative Densities. 3s. 6d. ANGELO'S DESERT IN A DIRIGIBLE. New edition, revised. 5s. 9d. VAUGHAN'S PLANE RACING IN CALM AND STORM. 2s. 6d. VAUGHAN'S HINTS TO THE AIR-MATEUR. 1s. HOFMAN'S LAWS OF LIFT AND VELOCITY. With diagrams, 3s. 6d. DE VITRE'S THEORY OF SHIFTING BALLAST IN DIRIGIBLES. 2s. 6d. SANGER'S WEATHERS OF THE WORLD. 4s. SANGER'S TEMPERATURES AT HIGH ALTITUDES. 4s. HAWKIN'S FOG AND HOW TO AVOID IT. 3s. VAN ZUYLAN'S SECONDARY EFFECTS OF THUNDERSTORMS. 4s. 6d. DAHLGREN'S AIR CURRENTS AND EPIDEMIC DISEASES. 5s. 6d. REDMAYNE'S DISEASE AND THE BAROMETER. 7s. 6d. WALTON'S HEALTH RESORTS OF THE GOBI AND SHAMO. 3s. 6d. WALTON'S THE POLE AND PULMONARY COMPLAINTS. 7s. 6d. MUTLOW'S HIGH LEVEL BACTERIOLOGY 7s. 6d. HALLIWELL'S ILLUMINATED STAR MAP, with clockwork attachment, giving apparent motion of heavens, boxed, complete with clamps for binnacle. 36 inch size, only £2. 2. 0. (Invaluable for night work.) With A.B.C. certificate, £3. 10s. 0d. Zalinski's Standard Works. PASSES OF THE HIMALAYAS. 5s. PASSES OF THE SIERRAS. 5s. PASSES OF THE ROCKIES. 5s. PASSES OF THE URALS. 5s. The four boxed, limp cloth, with charts, 15s. GRAY'S AIR CURRENTS IN MOUNTAIN GORGES. 7s. 6d. A.C. BELT & SON, READING
High Level Flickers "He that is down need fear no fall" Fear not! You will fall lightly as down! Hansen's air-kits are down in all respects. Tremendous reductions in prices previous to winter stocking. Pure para kit with cellulose seat and shoulder-pads, weighted to balance. Unequalled for all drop-work. Our trebly resilient heavy kit is the ne plus ultra of comfort and safety. Gas-buoyed, waterproof, hail-proof, non-conducting Flickers with pipe and nozzle fitting all types of generator. Graduated tap on left hip. Hansen's Flickers Lead the Aerial Flight 197 Oxford Street The new weighted Flicker with tweed or cheviot surface cannot be distinguished from the ordinary suit till inflated.
Remember! ¶ It is now nearly a century since the Plane was to supersede the Dirigible for all purposes. ¶ TO-DAY none of the Planet's freight is carried en plane. ¶ Less than two per cent. of the Planet's passengers are carried en plane.
Flint & Mantel Southampton FOR SALE at the end of Season the following Bat-Boats: GRISELDA, 65 knt., 42 ft., 430 (nom.) Maginnis Motor, under-rake rudder. MABELLE, 50 knt., 40 ft., 310 Hargreaves Motor, Douglas' lock-steering gear. IVEMONA, 50 knt., 35 ft., 300 Hargreaves (Radium accelerator), Miller keel and rudder. The above are well known on the South Coast as sound, wholesome knockabout boats, with ample cruising accommodation. Griselda carries spare set of Hofman racing vans and can be lifted three foot clear in smooth water with ballast-tank swung aft. The others do not lift clear of water, and are recommended for beginners. Also, by private treaty, racing B.B. Tarpon (76 winning flags) 137 knt., 60 ft.; Long-Davidson double under-rake rudder, new this season and unstrained. 850 nom. Maginnis motor, Radium relays and Pond generator. Bronze breakwater forward, and treble reinforced forefoot and entry. Talfourd rockered keel. Triple set of Hofman vans, giving maximum lifting surface of 5327 sq. ft. Tarpon has been lifted and held seven feet for two miles between touch and touch. Our Autumn List of racing and family Bats ready on the 9th January. Hinks's Moderator ¶ Monorail overhead starter for family and private planes up to twenty-five foot over all Absolutely J. D. ARDAGH I AM NOT CONCERNED WITH YOUR 'PLANE AFTER IT LEAVES MY GUIDES, BUT TILL THEN I HOLD MYSELF PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR LIFE, SAFETY, AND COMFORT. MY HYDRAULIC BUFFER-STOP CANNOT RELEASE TILL THE MOTORS ARE WORKING UP TO BEARING SPEED, THUS SECURING A SAFE AND GRACEFUL FLIGHT WITHOUT PITCHING. Remember our motto, "Upward and Outward," and do not trust yourself to so-called "rigid" guide bars J. D. ARDAGH, BELFAST and TURIN Christian Wright & Oldis ESTABLISHED 1924 Accessories and Spares Hooded Binnacles with dip-dials automatically recording change of level (illuminated face). All heights from 50 to 15,000 feet £2 10 0 Grapnels, mushroom anchors, pithing-irons, winches, hawsers, snaps, shackles and mooring ropes, for lawn, city, and public installations. Detachable under-cars, aluminum or stamped steel. Keeled under-cars for planes: single-action detaching-gear, turning car into boat with one motion of the wrist. Invaluable for sea trips. Head, side, and riding lights (by size) Nos. 00 to 20 A.B.C. Standard. Rockets and fog-bombs in colours and tones of the principal clubs (boxed). A selection of twenty £2 17 6 Spare generators guaranteed to lifting power marked on cover (prices according to power). Wind-noses for dirigibles—Pegamoid, cane-stiffened, lacquered cane or aluminum and flux for winter work. Smoke-ring cannon for hail storms, swivel mounted, bow or stern. Propeller blades: metal, tungsten backed; papier-machÉ; wire stiffened; ribbed Xylonite (Nickson's patent); all razor-edged (price by pitch and diameter). Compressed steel bow-screws for winter work. Fused Ruby or Commercial Mineral Co. bearings and collars. Agate-mounted thrust-blocks up to 4 inch. Magniac's bow-rudders—(Lavalle's patent grooving). Wove steel beltings for outboard motors (non-magnetic). Radium batteries, all powers to 150 h. p. (in pairs). Helium batteries, all powers to 300 h. p. (tandem). Stun'sle brakes worked from upper or lower platform. Direct plunge-brakes worked from lower platform only, loaded silk or fibre, wind-tight. Catalogues free throughout the Planet The following changes have been made to the text: Page 30: "passenger's faces" changed to " Page 41: "Instead of shuting" changed to "Instead of Page 68: "orgie" changed to " Page 71: "earth,and water" changed to " Page 82: "Milwall and Buenos Ayres" changed to " |
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